1. Category Editing

This section describes how to create or edit category, assign image, and add description using WUSIWYG editor.

To create a new category or edit an existing one, proceed through several steps:

1. Click on create neworedit category icon.

2. In the Edit Category form specify the following data:

Parent Category - Select parent category from a drop-down list. To create Root/Main/Parent Category just leave this field blank.

Category Name - Specify category name as it will appear in the front-end.

Category Image - Select an Image by clicking:

to
browse the contents of your local folders and select an image. When you
press OK button on edit form it will be uploaded to "Images directory"
on FTP. When local image is selected, this field will display local image
path. It should look like the following example: C:\My Images\some_image.jpg. Right after upload, local image path will be replaced with image name some_image.jpg.

to select some image stored remotely. It can be done by browsing contents of FTP folder specified as "Images directory".

to open Image Resize Rules window. You can add or delete rules if you need.

Sort Order - this option allows you to sort categories in any order you wish (Alphabetical order is set by default).

3. Other tab shows you the category ID. Category ID is for internal use only. You cannot modify this field.

To edit extra fields you have to double-click on any field or use Edit as HTML button to make changes in HTML Editor.

Also, the content of Extra fields tab depends on additional contributions
installed on your store. If there's a contribution that has some connection to category-related database fields, it will be shown on this
page.

5. Click Ok to save this entry and to create category, or click cancel to discard this entry.